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• Weaker al-Qaida still plots payback for US raid

  April 29, 2012 11:45 AM

  WASHINGTON (AP) - A year after the U.S. raid that killed Osama bin Laden, al-Qaida is hobbled and hunted. Officials say it's too busy surviving to carry out another Sept. 11-style attack on U.S. soil. But the terrorist network dreams of payback and U.S. counterterrorist officials warn that, in time,... more »

• 6-year sentence sought in French terror trial

  March 30, 2012 8:22 PM

  PARIS (AP) - A French prosecutor has asked a Paris court to sentence an Algerian-born nuclear physicist to six years in prison for his suspected role in plotting terrorism with al-Qaida's north African wing. The request came at the end of the two-day trial of Adlene Hicheur, a former researcher... more »

• Suspect in Capitol bomb sting expected in court

  February 22, 2012 11:22 AM

  ALEXANDRIA, Va. (AP) - A Virginia man charged following a yearlong FBI investigation with plotting a suicide bombing inside the U.S. Capitol was expected to make a second court appearance Wednesday. Amine El Khalifi, 29, of Alexandria was arrested Friday and charged with attempting to use a weapon of mass... more »

• Obama praises SEAL hostage rescue

  January 25, 2012 10:12 AM

  WASHINGTON (AP) -- "Good job tonight," President Barack Obama told his Defense chief as he arrived for his annual State of the Union message. Unknown to a global television audience watching the speech moments later, a bold hostage rescue operation had played out half a world away with an... more »

• Al-Qaida sympathizer arrested in bomb plots investigation

  November 20, 2011 8:18 PM

  NEW YORK (AP) - Mayor Michael Bloomberg says an al-Qaida sympathizer who plotted to bomb police and post offices in New York City has been arrested. Bloomberg announced Sunday the arrest of 27-year-old Jose Pimentel on numerous charges. Pimentel was arrested Saturday. He is accused of having an... more »

• Possible attacks from al-qaida

  September 11, 2011 12:08 PM

  WASHINGTON (AP) - President Barack Obama's counterterrorism adviser says the administration is taking seriously the intelligence tip of a possible al-Qaida plot tied to the 10th anniversary of the Sept. 11 attacks. The terror network has long sought to attack the U.S. again, and Obama adviser John Brennan says... more »

• Al-Qaida's No. 2 killed in Pakistan according to official sources

  August 27, 2011 2:17 PM

  WASHINGTON (AP) - A senior Obama administration official says al-Qaida No. 2 leader, Atiyah Abd al-Rahman, has been killed in Pakistan. Al-Rahman was a Libyan national who was considered al-Qaida's operational leader before rising to the No. 2 spot following Osama bin Laden's death in May. Al-Rahman's death... more »

• Obama counterterrorism advisor says Somali action setback for al-Qaida

  June 11, 2011 4:47 PM

  WASHINGTON (AP) - President Obama's assistant for homeland security and counterterrorism says the death of an al-Qaida operative behind the 1998 U.S. Embassy bombings in Kenya and Tanzania is a huge setback for the terrorist organization and its allies. A Somali minister earlier Saturday said officials in that country... more »

• Pakistan arrests "al-Qaida operative"

  May 17, 2011 1:46 PM

  ISLAMABAD (AP) - Pakistan's army says a Yemeni national it describes as a "senior al-Qaida operative" has been arrested in the city of Karachi. The army said Tuesday the man had been working directly under al-Qaida leaders along the border between Pakistan and Afghanistan. It gave no further details.... more »

• U.S. officials to speak with bin Laden's wives

  May 9, 2011 5:46 PM

  WASHINGTON (AP) - A U.S. official says Pakistan has informed the U.S. that it will grant access to Osama bin Laden's wives, a key request by the White House. Despite simmering relations between the two countries over the unannounced raid by Navy SEALs on Pakistani soil, the official said the... more »

• "Deep concerns" about U.S. raid on bin Laden

  May 3, 2011 11:55 AM

  ISLAMABAD (AP) - Pakistan says it is deeply concerned over what it said was an "unauthorized" American raid that killed Osama bin Laden. The government statement Tuesday said the raid should not serve as a precedent for future U.S. actions in the country. Washington says it did not inform Islamabad... more »

• President Obama to visit Ground Zero

  May 2, 2011 8:33 PM

  WASHINGTON (AP) - President Barack Obama plans to visit New York City on Thursday to mark the death of al-Qaida leader Osama bin Laden. The White House says Obama will visit ground zero, the site of al-Qaida's attack on the World Trade Center, and meet with the families of... more »

• American killed in Uganda World Cup explosion

  July 12, 2010 8:21 AM

  Officials in Uganda's capital, Kampala, say 64 people died in simultaneous bombings of World Cup soccer viewing crowds. Two blasts bearing the hallmarks of international terrorists ripped through crowds at a rugby club and a restaurant in Kampala. At least one American was killed. Several other Americans were among the... more »

• NYC subway plot was al-Qaida conspiracy

  July 7, 2010 12:57 PM

  Federal prosecutors say the failed plot to set off bombs in the New York subway last year was part of a larger al-Qaida conspiracy that also targeted England. In a terrorism indictment unsealed Wednesday, prosecutors added several al-Qaida figures to the case, including Adnan Shukrijumah, an FBI most-wanted terrorist.... more »

• U.S. couple released by Yemeni tribe

  May 25, 2010 12:37 PM

  Two U.S. citizens, a husband and wife, taken hostage by Yemeni tribesmen were released on Tuesday a day after they were seized near the capital Sanaa, a Yemeni government official said. "The Americans have been freed and handed over to the mediation committee," a government official told Reuters. ... more »

• No-fly list nearly doubles since attack

  March 10, 2010 9:06 AM

  An intelligence official says the government has nearly doubled the number of people on the no-fly list since the attempted Christmas Day attack near Detroit. The official says that in the two months since a Nigerian man tried to blow up a Detroit-bound airplane, the government's list of suspected terrorists... more »

• Foiled Denver bomb plotter's 2 comrades due in court

  February 25, 2010 9:37 AM

  Two comrades of foiled New York City subway bomb plotter Najibullah Zazi are scheduled to make their first court appearances since he pleaded guilty. Zarein Ahmedzay and Adis Medunjanin went to high school with Zazi in Queens and are accused of traveling with him to Pakistan in 2008. ... more »

• Are you kidding? Al-qaida exploding breasts

  February 12, 2010 10:21 AM

  A British intelligence service says it's discovered that gel and saline implants may be used by al-Qaida to terrorize innocent people. British spy satellites have reportedly intercepted terrorist communications from Pakistan and Yemen, talking about women suicide bombers getting explosives put inside breast implants. Former Houston FBI Director... more »

• Intel chief: Al-Qaida appetite for US attack high

  February 2, 2010 5:54 PM

  Director of National Intelligence Dennis Blair says Al-Qaida will continue to try to attack the United States until Osama bin Laden and his No. 2 Ayman al-Zawahri are dead. Blair and CIA Director Leon Panetta are among top intelligence officials outlining to Congress Tuesday the main threats facing the... more »

• Amtrak passenger detained in Colorado for threats

  January 29, 2010 10:12 AM

  An Amtrak passenger who alarmed fellow passengers by talking about terrorist threats was pulled from the train and is being held in Colorado. Ojore Nuru Lutalo, 64, was arrested Tuesday on an Amtrak passage from Los Angeles to Chicago. Passengers on the train alerted authorities after hearing the man... more »

• Bin Laden takes credit for Christmas Day attempt

  January 24, 2010 9:29 AM

  Al-Qaida leader Osama Bin Laden issued a new audio message claiming responsibility for the Christmas day airliner bombing attempt in Detroit and vowed further attacks. In a recording carried by the Al-Jazeera Arabic news channel, Bin Laden said attacks will never stop as long as America supports Israel and... more »

• Prosecutor: More charges coming in NYC terror case

  January 19, 2010 2:42 PM

  There may be new charges brought against a man whose friend is accused of plotting to bomb New York City. Prosecutors allege Adis Medunjanin conspired to kill U.S. soldiers in Afghanistan. They told a Brooklyn judge on Tuesday they expect further charges, and that his case might be combined with... more »

• Al-Qaida agent sentenced to 8 years in prison

  October 29, 2009 4:30 PM

  A former al-Qaida agent has been sentenced to more than eight years in prison for conspiring to help a foreign terrorist organization. Ali al-Marri had faced a maximum sentence of 15 years, but U.S. District Judge Michael Mihm imposed a shorter sentence of eight years and four months Thursday. Al-Marri's... more »

• Colorado terror suspect in contact with top al-Qaida boss

  October 14, 2009 3:01 PM

  Intelligence officials say the terrorist operative who contacted an Afghan immigrant accused of plotting a New York attack was the head of Afghanistan's al-Qaida operations. The U.S. officials say Mustafa Abu al-Yazid used an intermediary to contact the 24-year-old Najibullah Zazi, of Colorado, as he hatched a plot to attack... more »

• Obama focusing on al-Qaida, not Taliban

  October 9, 2009 9:24 AM

  President Barack Obama will meet with his top aides again today as he tries to formulate a strategy for the Afghan war going forward. It's one of a series of meetings this week on the war. A senior administration official says Obama is prepared to accept some Taliban involvement in... more »

• AP Sources: NYC suspect contacted senior al-Qaida

  October 6, 2009 7:03 AM

  Intelligence officials familiar with the investigation say an Afghan immigrant who allegedly planned a New York terror attack also had contact with a senior al-Qaida operative. The officials tell The Associated Press the CIA learned about Najibullah Zazi through one of its sources and alerted domestic agencies. The intelligence and... more »

• Colorado man faces more questioning in terror probe

  September 17, 2009 4:32 PM

  A man identified by law enforcement as having a possible link to al-Qaida has arrived at the FBI's Denver office for a second round of questioning. Najibullah Zazi was accompanied by his attorney, Arthur Folsom, as they drove up to the building housing the FBI office Thursday. Agents questioned Zazi... more »

• FBI searching Colorado home of suspected al-Qaida operative

  September 16, 2009 5:26 PM

  FBI agents are searching the home of a Colorado man identified by law enforcement as having a possible al-Qaida link. FBI agents and sheriff's deputies entered the home of Najibullah Zazi in Aurora on Wednesday, and took out several boxes. They also are searching his aunt's home. FBI special agent... more »